Dental Assistant - DA2 (AESES)

Clinical Support Services, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Position number: 22355 Date posted: November 6, 2026 **Job details** --------------- Dental Assistant - DA2 (AESES) Existing Project Full-Time (Budget Funded) Full-time: No Permanent: No Work schedule: 0-37.5 Hours/Week with a seasonal layoff in the summer Salary: $22.91 to $31.34 per hour ($41,696.20 to $57,038.80 per annum) Appointment Dates November 30, 2026 to December 17, 2027 For more information please contact: Michelle Oshanyk - michelle.oshanyk@umanitoba.ca (2042952737) **Qualifications** ------------------ **MINIMUM FORMAL EDUCATION/TRAINING:** * Successful completion of a recognized Dental Assisting Course with current unrestricted active dental assistant licensure with the Manitoba Dental Association. **EXPIERENCE:** * 2 years dental assisting experience in a dental office. * Experience with intraoral scanning and digital dentistry procedures preferred. * Experience working with patients of all ages. * An acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. **SKILLS AND ABILITIES:** * Ability to work well with students, staff and the general public. * Ability to maintain calm professional demeanour during times of high operational tempo and multiple demanding tasks. * Ability to communicate well with others. * Use specialized instruments and equipment. * Reassure patients to help reduce anxiety with dental procedures. * Provide assistance to patients with special needs. * A satisfactory work record, including satisfactory attendance and punctuality, is required. **OTHER JOB RELATED QUALIFICATIONS:** * Current health care CPR certification. * Formal WHMIS training preferred. **Key responsibilities** ------------------------ * Assisting students, residents and faculty during a variety of dental procedures working with a vast array of patients. * Assisting and helping to provide direct patient care in all dental specialties, including oral pathology, dental sleep medicine, oral surgery, periodontics, paediatric dentistry, prosthodontics, endodontics, undergraduate orthodontics, oral radiology and TMJ clinics. * Helping patients feel comfortable before, during and after dental treatment. * Taking and developing of dental radiographs. * Making impressions of patients’ teeth for study casts. * Asking about patient’s medical history and taking and recording of vital signs. * Communicating with patients regarding oral hygiene strategies to maintain oral health. * Performing management of patient electronic dental data on software system axiUm as per processes and protocol. * Performs the following intra-oral procedures in support of students and faculty; placing rubber dams, removing sutures, applying topical anaesthetic, desensitizing teeth. * Produce records such as photographs and study models to aid in diagnosis. * Routine maintenance of dental instruments and eq